Ro and Marcus have swapped London life for a cottage in a peaceful country village. But their rural dream soon sours. While Ro has given up work to be a full-time mum, Marcus’s only concessions to country living are to become obsessed with a neighbour’s unruly garden, buy Ro a hoe for her birthday and find endless excuses to come home late, or not at all..
As the very neighbour who is threatening this year’s best-kept-village award becomes the first friend her little boy has ever had. Ro is faced with a life-changing decision…